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Movie recommendations from Mel and other people:
- Adaptation. (Jarne recommends this one too)
- Still Crazy: has in common with Spinal Tap that it's about a legendary nonexistent rock band, but the story is more of a drama than a comedy
- Bill Murray
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Court Jester (Jarne recommends this one as well)
- The Player
- Strange Days
- Dogma (Sorcy reccomends this one as well)
- High Spirits
- The Usual Suspects
- American Beauty (n.b. Woozle didn't especially like)
- Moulin Rouge (Wzl says: hope it's better than the music)
- High Fidelity
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- K-Pax
- Orange County
- Little Voice
- Robin Williams:
- Dead Poets' Society
- Insomnia (Jarne recommends, but he liked the original one slightly better)
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Analyze This
- Being John Malkovich
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Wzl says: ennhh...)
- Topsy Turvy
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Truckers (based on Pratchett novel)
- MirrorMask
- Mars Attacks (so bad it's good!)
- Johnny & The Bomb (based on Pratchett novel. It's a mini-series, not a movie, but close enough!)
- Fifth Element
- Gattaca (Sorcy kinda reccomends this one. It's not life changingly amazing, but it was pretty fun.)
- Glory
- Three to Tango (recommended by Swingerzetta & Talia)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Harold and Maude (recommended by Ritzy and Sor!)
- Thank You For Smoking (also recommended by Rtizy, Sor, and Jarne)
- Devil Wears Prada (kinda-sorta recommended by Swinger)
- The Fountain (also recommended by Swinger)
- Stardust (based on a Neil Gaiman book. Recommended by Everybody (where Everybody is Talia & Rtizy)(Finally finished book!)(<>< also highly recommends)
- Dangerous Minds
- Freedom Writers
- V is for Vendetta (*SO* reccomended by Sor!)
- Runaway Jury
- Nell (set and filmed in North Carolina about a woman who grew up in the wild)
- Big Fish (Tim Burton Goodness)
- Everything in Illuminated (recommended by draz)
- Waking Life (recommended by Jarne)
- A Scanner Darkly (recommended by Jarne)
- Shawn of the Dead (Zombies!) & if i like it then (Reccomended by Sor as well, because it is *awesome*):
- Hot Fuzz (rec'd by Swinger)
- Fight Club (rec'd by Swinger, Rtizy, & Sor!)
- Enchanted (rec'd by Talia & Sor)
- El Laberinto del Fauno (rec'd by Talia)
- Mr. Magnorium's Wonder Emporium
- Sin City (rec'd by Swinger; Noir! :D)
- Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (Recommended by Swinger & Mel)
- A Mighty Wind (Fake documentary about 60s folk groups)
- Chicago first then,
- Cabaret (both recc'd by Swinger)
- SLC Punk
- Reservoir Dogs
- Trial by Jury (Andrew Warlow version)
- Triplets of Bellville
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- Fern Gully
- Mallrats
- Gosford Park (rec'd by Mel: "Utterly Brilliant")
from Sinaas
demandsrecommendations from Sinaasappeltje:- Zwartboek
- De Tweeling
- Hable con ella
- Todo sobre mi madre
- Dancer in the dark
- Hukkle
- As It Is in Heaven( Sa som i Himmeln)
- Amelie (also recommended by Jarne
- Life Is Beautiful ( La vita e bella )
Animé
(?) = not sure if it'd be good for me
- Fruits Basket
- FLCL / Furi Kuri/ Fooly Cooly (?) (CRAZYHEADTRIPOFDOOM!)
- I My Me! Strawberry Eggs! (?)
- Lain (not undepressing)
- Dogtato
- Love Hina (?)
- Excel Saga (?)
- Daa Daa Daa (?) (any relation to the song?)
- Naruto
- Shaman King
- One Piece
- Scrapped Princess
- Godamer (robots!)
- Galgeiger (?)
- Azumanga Daioh
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Utena
- Invader Zim (not 'anime', but animated! so there! MOOSE!) (Sor reccomends the little bits she's seen, and sez that we should watch it together)
- Studio Ghibli:
- Grave of the Fireflies (depressingish)
- Porco Rosso (Approved by Kitten!)
- Princess Mononoke
- Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind
- Howl's Moving Castle (Sor sez: Go read the book, I still haven't seen the movie to tell how good it is)
- Panda! Go Panda! (Pre-Ghibli; random sillier "Totoro prototype")
- Only Yesterday (slower, more reflective and nostalgic)(also recommended by Aeire! Good enough for me!)
- The Cat Returns (has Tim Curry, among others!)(Recommended by Rtizy)
Already Seen
A very incomplete list
- Studio Ghibli:
- My Neigbor Totoro
- Spirited Away
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Castle in the Sky
- Babe (and Pig in the City)
- The Princess Bride (and the book)
- Matilda (and the book)
- James and the Giant Peach (read the book first)
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1970s version)
- Star Wars parts I, IV,V, and VI
- Star Trek I-n
- Toy Story
- LotR (complete)(and the books. repeatedly. like over 20 times over the years)
- Chicken Run
- Time Bandits
- Shawshank Redemption
- Edward Scissorhands
- Yellow Submarine
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- Donnie Darko (made my head hurt like math!)
- Schindler's List
- Galaxy Quest
- Inside Man (whoaa. Awesome Movie. Loved it.)
- Memento (twisty-brain-hurt-in-a-good-gotta-watch-it-again-way)
- Lost in Translation (surreal)
- Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit ("I'm Crackers about Wallace & Gromit, Cheese!)
- Sweeney Todd (Humorous Macabre)
- The Prestige (Magician Rivalry as you have never seen it before!)
- Babel (Intense & Odd but left lots of loose ends)
- Little Shop of Horrors (Gee, you think this movie was influenced by the RHPS at all?)(oh & btw, 2 Fronds Up!!)
- Children of Men (whoaa. heavy movie, but very well done.)
- Snatch (The Accents! The Hijinx! The Tangled Web that tied up neatly in the end!)
- Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3! yayay!